Conservative MEPs have voted against ‘country-by-country’ reporting of companies’ tax declarations, measures that will bring in greater tax transparency and assist the fight against aggressive tax avoidance.

Tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax havens cost €1 trillion of tax revenue every year in the EU, a staggering amount when so many of our economies are struggling, and so many cuts have been made to public services.

A Labour MEP has criticised European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker for his record on tax avoidance and has called on him to clamp down on it in the EU. Mr Juncker was grilled by MEPs yesterday after it was claimed …

The Prime Minister, in his interview on the Radio 4 Today programme on Monday said that everyone should pay their taxes. This followed a question from John Humphries about “aggressive tax avoidance” – a practice the Chancellor of the Exchequer …